Props Over Here

Infobox Single
Name = Props Over Here

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Artist = The Beatnuts
from Album =
B-side = "Yeah You Get Props"
Released = 1994
Format = 12-inch single, Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = East Coast hip hop
Length = 4:00
Label = Relativity Records
Violator
Writer = Lester Fernandez, Bertony Smalls, Jerry Tineo
Producer = The Beatnuts
Certification =
Chronology = The Beatnuts singles
Last single = "No Equal"
(1993)
This single = "Props Over Here"
(1994)
Next single = "Hit Me with That"
(1994)

"Props Over Here" is the first single from "", a 1994 album by East Coast hip hop group The Beatnuts. It was released by Relativity Records as a single with "Yeah You Get Props" as its b-side in 1994. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features raps by Juju, Psycho Les and Fashion. The lyrics are not as boastful as other Beatnuts songs, but are instead a hopeful demand to be considered good. "Props Over Here" contains a slow upbeat jazz-inspired instrumental that samples "Wee Tina" by Donald Byrd & Booker Little and "The Bridge" by MC Shan. Lenny Underwood plays keyboards on the song.

Matt Jost of RapReviews.com explains that the song is well-suited as a lead single because its "rich bassline" is made for "mass consumption.cite web|last=Jost|first=Matt|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_thebeatnuts.html|title=The Beatnuts: Street Level Review|publisher=RapReviews.com|date=2005-12-20|accessdate=2008-05-30] Despite these "props" and the song's Abraham L. Lim-directed music video, "Props Over Here" did not make it onto the "Billboard" Hot 100, but instead reached #39 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The song is nonetheless one of The Beatnuts' best known songs. It is sampled on Don Scavone's song "The Force." It can be found on two Beatnuts hits compilations, "World Famous Classics" and "Classic Nuts, Vol. 1". A remix can be found on "".

ingle track list

A-Side

# "Props Over Here (Clean Edit)" (4:04)
# "Props Over Here (PD/MD Edit)" (4:04)
# "Props Over Here (LP Version)" (4:04)

B-Side

# "Yeah You Get Props (Rough Mix)" (3:45)
# "Props Over Here (Instrumental)" (4:04)
# "Props Over Here (Acapella)" (3:45)

References